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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Organic Fuels Algae Technologies, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Frank Seibert, Austin, TX (US);
Stephen William Briggs, Austin, TX (US);
Stacy S. Truscott, Austin, TX (US);
Peter B. Kipp, Houston, TX (US);
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMS, Austin, TX (US);
ORGANIC FUELS ALGAE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a system and method for improving oil recovery from a liquid source of oil, comprising: a membrane contactor in contact with a liquid source of oil; a heating/cooling device connected to at least one of the liquid source of oil or a collection fluid; and a membrane contactor system having one or more membrane contactors having a first and a second surface, wherein at least one of the first or second surfaces coalesce one or more oils from the liquid source of oil allowing the coalesced oil to be collected on the opposite surface of the membrane, wherein a temperature differential between the liquid source of oil and the collection fluid enhances the oil recovery at the membrane contactor from the liquid source of oil.